Historical person
Colin Anson
1922–2016
Colin Anson was born Claus Leopold Octavio Ascher in Berlin in 1922. After Nazi persecution destroyed his family’s security and his father died after imprisonment in Dachau, he escaped to Britain. He joined the British Army, changed his name and in 1942 was recruited into the German-speaking troop of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando commonly known as X Troop.
Colin Anson, born Claus Ascher, was a German-Jewish refugee who escaped to Britain and served in X Troop of No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando. Colin Anson was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Watford, England.
Helen Fry’s Why I Became an X Troop Commando is the biography of Colin Anson, born Claus Ascher in Berlin in 1922. Historical accounts that place Colin Anson in context include Helen Fry’s Churchill’s German Army.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Colin Anson (2 books)
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